On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 12:30:57 -0400, Zachary Santer <zsanter@gmail.com> wrote:

> 'x' updates both pattern and hold spaces, and you get the contents of
> both in the debugging output. 'h' updates the hold space, and you get
> the contents of the hold space in the debugging output. 'g' updates
> the pattern space, and you get the contents of the hold space in the
> debugging output.

While personally for clearness I'd just always print both pattern and hold
space after every command, I think the attached patch would do what you want
(which seems more logical to me too).

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D.